Gate.



No. 841,077. PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

W. T. DOTSON.-

GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25.1906.

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No. 841,077. P-ATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

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GATE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 25.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. DOTSON, OF MANASSA, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TOWILBUR SOWARDS AND HARMON SOWARDS, OF

Specification of Letters Patent.

GATE.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application filed June 25, 1906. Serial No. 323,362.

' lowing is a specification.

I bodying the invention.

This invention embodies novel improvements in gates, and the essentialfeatures of the invention reside in novel details of construction thestructure and advantages of which will appear more fully as thedescription proceeds.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor effecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective View of a gate em- Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing thegate in open position and held open by means provided especially forthis purpose. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the gate centrallythereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the invention and referring to the drawings, thenumeral 1 des ignates a gate-frame which comprises the spaced verticaluprights 2 and the upper and lower connecting or cross bars 3 and 4,respectively. The gate is indicated at 5 and is adapted for rotation,being supported by means of a gate-bar 6, from which the opposite endportions of said gate project. The gate-bar 6 has its upper and lowerextremities formed with journals mounted in bearings 7 in the upper andlower bars 3 and 4 of the frame 1. It will be apparent from theforegoing that each end of the gate 5 being free same is adapted toyield to pressure from either direction, so that the gate may open inany desired direction.

In order to normally hold the gate 5 closed, it is designed to connectweights 8 therewith, said weights being arranged to move up and down onthe uprights 2 of the frame 1 and being connected by flexibleconnections, such as ropes 9, cords, or the like, with a band 10attached to the upper end of the gate-post 6. The connections 9 passover sheaves or pulleys 11, located at the upper end portion of theuprights 2, and from thence extend through transverse openings 12 insaid uprights and near the sheaves or pulleys 11 aforesaid. The weights8 are prevented from swinging by means of U-shaped guides 13, receivingthe connections 9 at the pendent portions thereof. The connections 9being secured to opposite sides of the band or member 10, attached tothe upper end of the gatepost 6, it will be obvious that when the gate 5is forced 0 en in either direction the weights 8 will be e evated ashort distance and will exert a normal tendency to close the gate assoon as pressure thereon is relieved. The weights 8 therefore constitutemeans for automatically closing the gate, and the operati on of theseweights will be readily a parent. Under some conditions it may bedes1rable to holdthe gate 5 open temporarily, and for this purpose it iscontemplated to provide a short flexible member 14, one end of which isattached to the top bar 3 of the gate-frame 1 and the other end of whichis provided with a hook 15, adapted to engage a side portion of the band10 after the gateh as been opened,

and thereby prevent the gate from swinging closed. The arrangement ofthe member 14 and its operation are simple and provide an extremelyadvantageous means for accomplishing the desired result.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Incombination, a gate-frame comprising spaced uprights and top and lowerbars connecting said uprights, a gate arranged between the uprights, agate-bar having j ournals at its upper and lower ends mounted inbearings in the upper and lower bars of the gate-frame, weights movableon the uprights of the gate-frame, flexible connections connected at oneend with the weights and having the other end attached to the upperportion of the gate-bar, sheaves or pulleys attached to the upperportion of the uprights and having the flexible connectionspassingthereover, and guides attached to the outer side of thegate-frame and having flexible connections passing therethrough.

2. In combination, a gate-frame comprising spaced uprights and top andlower bars connecting said uprights, a gate arranged between theuprights, a gate-bar having journals at its upper and lower ends mountedin bearings in the upper and lower bars of the ate-frame, weightsmovable on the uprights of the gate-frame, flexible connectionsconnected at one end with the Wei hts and having the other end attachedto t e upper portion of the gate-bar, sheaves or pulleys attached to theupper portion of the uprights and having the flexible connectionspassing thereover, guides attached to the gate frame and having theflexible connectionspassing therethrough, and a member secured at oneend to the gate-frame and provided at its opposite end with engagingmeans to connect with the upper portion of the gate-post to hold thesame in an open position.

3. In combination, a gate-frame comprising spaced uprights, a gatearranged between the uprights, a gate-bar having journals at its upperand lower ends mounted in the gate-frame, weights connected with theupper end portion of the gate-bar to normally hold the same in closedposition, and means for holding the gate in an open position temporarilyand comprising a member secured at one end to the gate-frame and havingan engaging member at its opposite end to connect with the gate-post.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. DOTSON. Witnesses:

EMILY O. FosTER, HENRY FOSTER.

